By Wayne Burke – November 9th, 2015- Medicine balls are a great tool to use in your training program to help develop explosive power. Medicine ball throws teach you how to maximize your power output by utilizing your leg drive, weight transfer, hip rotation and balance to produce the greatest amount of force in the […]…
by Sean Holmes -November 6th, 2015- I found this article today about the Strength and Conditioning program at Hofstra. Two things stood out to me in it: The athletes commit 5 hours per week purely to Strength and Conditioning. The lacrosse team has a test called the “Hofstra Custom Test’ or Red Zone Test I […]…
by Sean Holmes -November 5th, 2015- Here is Episode 2 of my series with the Toronto Rock. New vids will be posted by them every Wednesday. Here we show the Kettlebell Deadbug, an exercise to train core stability. If you want to know why core stability is important read Core Training for Lacrosse. Exhaling is […]…
-October 30th, 2015- The Toronto Rock lacrosse team approached me about doing a series on Fitness/Training tips as we lead up to the 2016 NLL Season. Here is Episode 1 that includes one of my favorite exercises for developing single leg explosiveness in a lacrosse player. It’s called the Box Blast, and I love it […]…
-October 29th, 2015- Today I was searching the web as usual and found a great article on laxmagazine.com about the Art of Deceleration. It really is an overlooked area of training in most lacrosse training programs. Every cut, every dodge you must decelerate your body before you can accelerate and change directions. I liked it […]…
-March 4th, 2015- I am pleased to team with Colin Doyle and the Toronto Rock for this years High Performance Lacrosse Camp in Oakville, Ont. I have successfully run this camp previously with Dan Dawson and our athletes always received great results, both athletically and skill wise. If you are a dedicated Junior aged player […]…
-February 12th, 2014- Yesterday two new highlight videos came out from a few athletes that train at The Dynamic Athlete with me. They are both from Oakville, Ontario and both play Edge Lacrosse. Jaden has been with me there for about a year and has a tremendous work ethic. I’ll have to get some video […]…
-January 27th 2014- Learning and understanding a good hip hinge is one of the most important movement patterns an athlete can master. Whether you’re performing an Olympic lift from a hang position, kettlebell swing, any variation of a deadlift or simply out on the town “putting out the vibe”, they all have a great hip hinge […]…
-January 22nd, 2014- This was featured on Lacrosse Playground yesterday. It’s a video of Brown University Lacrosse as they prepare for the 2014 season. Brown State Lacrosse is the mentality the coaches are trying to indoctrinate into the players. Head Coach Lars Tiffany: “The Brown State mentality is one that’s going to earn the respect […]…
-January 5th, 2014- We see it and we hear it all the time. I want to (insert your long term goal). I want, that’s easy to say. There is nothing wrong with wanting something but it’s your attitude, actions and commitment to pursuing this goal that turns I want into I have. It’s just a […]…
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